Extradition Act : Lawfulness of, and re-taking on escape from, custody under warrants. Indian Bare Acts

Extradition Act,1962

Act No : 34

Section : Lawfulness of, and re-taking on escape from, custody under warrants.

27. Lawfulness of, and re-taking on escape from, custody under warrants. It shall be lawful for any person to whom a warrant is directed for the apprehension of a fugitive criminal to hold in custody and convey the person mentioned in the warrant to the place named in the warrant, and if such person escapes out of any custody to which he may be delivered in pursuance of such warrant, he may be re- taken as a person accused of an offence against the law of India may be re-taken upon an escape.